| D | G | D | |
| Swing | low, sweet | chari | ot, |
| A7 | |
| Comin’ for to carry me | home. |
| D7 | G | D | |
| Swing | low, sweet | chari | ot, |
| A7 | D | |
| Comin’ for to | carry me | home. |
| D | G | D | |
| I | looked over Jordan, and | what did I | see, |
| A7 | |
| “Comin’ for to carry me | home.” |
| D7 | G | D | |
| A | band of angels | comin’ after | me, |
| A7 | D | G | D | G | |
| Comin’ for to | carry me | home. |
| If you get there before I do, |
| Comin’ for to carry me home. |
| Just tell my friends that I’m a comin’ too. |
| Comin’ for to carry me home. |
| I’m sometimes up and sometimes down, |
| Comin’ for to carry me home. |
| But still my soul feels heavenly bound. |
| Comin’ for to carry me home. |